The Walking Dead - 2x10 - 18 Miles Out

    Rick and Shane take the survivor from last episode on a long drive, where they plan on leaving him to fend for himself.  Rick stops the car on the way out, and has a talk with Shane, where he asserts his authority in leading the group, and explains that he knows about Shane sleeping with Lori.  When they try to leave the survivor, the guy announces that he knows Maggie.  This makes them concerned.  Shane wants to kill him right away, and Rick wants to sleep on it and figure out what the best thing to do is.  They fight.  Their fight attracts the dead.  In the meantime, Beth has indicated that she wants to commit suicide.  Lori gets worked up about this, and passes the problem on to Maggie to work on.

    It's nice to see a character arc for Rick take form.  This is the most assertive he's been so far, and it's nice to see him being willing to stand up to Shane.  When he talks to him at the crossroads, I liked that Shane was hanging his head, and was clearly feeling kind of angry and shameful.
    And Lori… man.  While she's been a bit of a joke in this show, this episode first did something good, by making her do something out of concern for another person.  Then she completely ruins it by being an outrageous jerk to Andrea.  I feel like her approach to the situation would warrant kicking her out of the group.  She doesn't appreciate being protected.
    It's interesting to see Rick and Shane fight.  Shane has had his muscles pronounced throughout the series, while Rick is usually minimized.  It doesn't seem like it would be a fair fight, but they seemed to be reasonably matched.
    Of course, by the end of the episode, there hasn't been much development.  Still, the amount of action in this episode was a little higher than it has been.